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It says that playing time is the notable individual performance indicator. You can see that it has a big impact on value from the difference in Firmino's and Coutinho's value. They also say that they use goals as an indicator, but even that is quite a simplistic statistic. They should use things like expected goals and assists per minutes played if they wanted to accurately evaluate a players performance in attack.

In the grand scheme of things, its total goals and assists that matter. A goal every other game striker is better than a goal a game striker that isn't fit for half the season...

The players are paid whether injured or not so really the total goals is the best metric. You pay a guy £50m for 5 years service, you want as many goals and assists as possible in the period. The ratio per minute doesn't matter

In the grand scheme of things, its total goals and assists that matter. A goal every other game striker is better than a goal a game striker that isn't fit for half the season...

The players are paid whether injured or not so really the total goals is the best metric. You pay a guy £50m for 5 years service, you want as many goals and assists as possible in the period. The ratio per minute doesn't matter

No it isn't !

They'll both score 19 goals (league) but the 'goal a game' striker gives someone else the opportunity to contribute to the teams total, for 19 games of the season. The fit guy doesn't.

just a tip. If you are talk in riddles, make sure they make sense first.

Neither has done it Pele.
They simply asked Pele if he needed to move to another club to become a better player and he responded: well, no necessarily. That translate for some people as: reject Barca and stay at Liverpool.